Monthly Archives: April 2018

“All I have told is true but it is not the whole truth.”

Posted on April 26, 2018 by Kate Stover

This is how Laura Ingalls Wilder described her Little House books in a speech in 1937. As it turns out, the “whole truth” was stranger than fiction in many ways. In Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder, … Continue reading →

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“You want to aim for what D’Mello and colleagues call a ‘zone of optimal confusion.’”

Posted on April 19, 2018 by Kate Stover

D’Mello and his research team identified three guiding principles for implementing confusion in the college classroom: it should be appropriate, intentional and in the context of learning; students should possess the ability to successfully resolve the confusion; and when students … Continue reading →

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“You’re not going to be able to deal with this problem alone.”

Posted on April 12, 2018 by Kate Stover

The most radical idea in Johann Hari’s Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions is that treatment for depression shouldn’t focus on medication only.  Because depression has three kinds of causes – biological, psychological … Continue reading →

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“Without my voice, and spirit, I am dust, / This is not what I want, but what I must.”

Posted on April 7, 2018 by Kate Stover

In these memorable lines from Mike Bartlett’s play King Charles III, the lead character explains his decision to oppose a law the parliament has passed. He knows his actions will throw the modern British system of government into chaos. People will … Continue reading →

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